×

Please Login

Cities getting very crowded

CANNES (France) - THE world's big cities are already bursting at the seams but are set to grow even larger, with experts predicting that some 70 per cent of the world's population will be urban by 2...


Read More

Google's Android has surged past Blackberry

WASHINGTON - Google's Android has surged past Blackberry maker Research in Motion to become the leading smartphone platform in the United States, market tracking firm comScore said Monday. Google...


Read More

Alien microbes found

  ORIGINAL POST: Fossilized alien microbes have been discovered in a sample extracted from a meteorite, according to research carried out by a NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center astrobiologist. W...


Read More

Bikepacking in Thailand?

Now in traditional backpcking you carry a backpack but in bikepcking you carry a foldable bicycle and a pannier bag. No additional bags unless you want to ...


Read More

Penang top 10 islands in the world

Yahoo! lists Penang among world's top 10 Penang is listed as one of the top 10 islands in the world "you must see before you die."   An online travel guide has picke...


Read More

Tiniest Computer in the World

See it now, folks! Between the Bearded Lady and the Monster Spider –- the World's Smallest Computer! Seriously, the world's smallest computer. It barely covers the “N” on a penny. The pro...


Read More

Shanghai phone booths given WiFi

SHANGHAI - A TOTAL of 500 public telephone booths in downtown Shanghai have been equipped with WiFi hotspots to enable the city to go wireless, bringing new life to the almost abandoned public phone...


Read More

Xoom tablet computer

SAN FRANCISCO: US telecom titan Verizon on Thursday will begin selling Motorola Mobility's hotly awaited "Xoom" tablet computer at a price close to that of a top-of-the-line iPad. Xoom will be th...


Read More

China Mobile, Xinhua launch Internet search engine

SHANGHAI - CHINA Mobile Ltd, the world's biggest mobile operator, and state-run Xinhua News Agency have jointly launched an Internet search engine, the companies said on Tuesday. The search engine...


Read More

Huawei announces new smartphone, updated tablet in Barcelona

Chinese mobile company Huawei has announced the launch of a new smartphone and an updated tablet. Both products are based on Android as the company looks to step up its presence in the high-end ma...


Read More

Why a foldable bike?

Basically, a folding bike (or called foldie) makes it easier to go bicycling more often to a wider variety of places and with fewer worries about storage or theft. Your Passport To More Places ...


Read More

'Air trains' could speed up travel: Futurists

MONTREAL - 'SHALL we take the eight o'clock air train to Paris?' It may sound strange to say now, but such jargon is likely to become commonplace someday - if aviation futurists are right in their p...


Read More

Eating more fibre could mean longer life: Study

CHICAGO - EAT more fibre and you just may live longer. That's the message from the largest study of its kind to find a link between high-fibre diets and lower risks of death not only from heart di...


Read More

HTC launches social smartphones with Facebook

BARCELONA - FACEBOOK users will be able to show friends their exact GPS location as well as sharing text and photos with new smartphones launched on Tuesday by top Taiwan device maker HTC. The sma...


Read More

Linux group hopes to gain from Nokia-Microsoft pact

  Wireless Linux group LiMo hopes to benefit from a tie-up between Microsoft and Nokia as this should push smaller phone makers to seek alternative software platforms, its head said on Monday. ...


Read More

Gene tests inadvertently exposing cases of incest

  New gene-based tests that map out a person's entire genetic code can help explain why a child has birth defects or developmental delays, but they are also exposing some dark family secrets. R...


Read More

Nokia and Microsoft join forces in smartphone war

Nokia and Microsoft teamed up on Friday to build an iPhone killer in a desperate attempt to take on Google and Apple in the fast-growing smartphone market. ...


Read More

How a Remote Town in Romania Has Become Cybercrime Central

Three hours outside Bucharest, Romanian National Road 7 begins a gentle ascent into the foothills of the Transylvanian Alps. Meadowlands give way to crumbling houses with chickens in the front ya...


Read More

Junk food diet linked to lower IQ: Study

PARIS - TODDLERS who have a diet high in processed foods may have a slightly lower IQ in later life, according to a British study described as the biggest research of its kind. The conclusion, ...


Read More

Why women's breasts are getting bigger

Why women's breasts are getting bigger   There is a growing demand for bras with larger cup sizes. -- PHOTO: NP   JUST two years after Bravissimo, a lingerie maker for women with larger...


Read More

That's 340 trillion, trillion, trillion addresses!

SAN FRANCISCO - THIRTY years after the first Internet addresses were created, the supply of addresses officially ran dry on Thursday. But don't panic. The transition to a new version of addresses ...


Read More

Facebook photos swiped for dating website

  SAN FRANCISCO - HACKING and art mixed on Friday in a freshly-launched dating website that lets visitors seek mates by sifting through profile pictures mined from Facebook. Lovely-faces.com bo...


Read More

News Corp bets on iPad for future of news

NEW YORK - RUPERT Murdoch, among the most ardent defenders of the traditional press, has staked his reputation on a risky bet that for just 14 cents a day he can save the news business with tablet d...


Read More

Oysters disappearing worldwide: study

WASHINGTON - A SURVEY of oyster habitats around the world released on Thursday found that the succulent mollusks are disappearing fast and 85 per cent of their reefs have been lost due to disease an...


Read More

Humans Left Trees 4.2 Million Years Ago

Early human ancestors stopped swinging in trees and started walking on the ground sometime between 4.2 and 3.5 million years ago, according to a new study.   This key moment, when our an...


Read More

Everest Trekkers' Hearts Will Go On

Just the thought of climbing Mount Everest is enough to nearly give some people a heart attack. It turns out that the physical effects of climbing high into the mountains can cause similar damage ...


Read More

Google slams Microsoft for 'cheating'

WASHINGTON - THE world's biggest Internet search company, Google, is accusing rival Microsoft's Bing of copying its results, a charge Microsoft denies. 'Some Bing results increasingly look like an...


Read More

Thailand's famed Pattaya beach in danger of vanishing

  The eastern city, a magnet for foreign tourists seeking sun, sea, watersports and racy nightlife, is under siege by both man and the forces of nature. One of Asia's most popular b...


Read More

Google topples Nokia from smartphones top spot

  (Reuters) - Google Inc's Android dethroned Nokia's Symbian as the global leader in smartphone software during the last quarter of 2010, ending a reign that began with the birth of the industry ...


Read More

Oldest Galaxy Uncloaked by Hubble

   A galaxy located 13.2 billion light-years from Earth is the oldest object yet detected. The galaxy formed when the universe was just 500 million years old. Fishing...


Read More
Home Search QR Hobay Profile